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distension

/dɪsˈtɛnʃən/

distension noun: the act of distending.

Noun

distension (countable and uncountable, plural distensions)

  1. The act of distending.

distension meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Arabic

distension in Tamil

அதிசாரபித்தம், உப்பல்

distension in Urdu

پھلائی

distension in Arabic

the act or occasion of distending or swelling
نَفْخ nafḵ, اِنْتِفَاخ intifāḵ

Forms of distension

pluraldistensions
alternative formdistention

Origin of distension

Borrowed from Middle French; cf. Latin distentio.

Words formed from distension

Questions about distension

What does distension mean?
Distension means the act of distending.
What is distension in Tamil?
Distension in Tamil is அதிசாரபித்தம், உப்பல். See Distension meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is distension?
Distension is a noun.
How do you pronounce distension?
Distension is pronounced /dɪsˈtɛnʃən/.
What is the plural of distension?
The plural of distension is distensions.

Words near distension in the dictionary

  1. distensability
  2. distensibilities
  3. distensibility
  4. distensible
  5. distensile
  6. distension
  7. distensions
  8. distensive
  9. distent
  10. distention
  11. distentions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: distension (page history and authors); distension (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); distension (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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